IDENTIY-BASED MOTIVATION: Using Identity to do More and Better

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titleIDENTIY-BASED MOTIVATION: Using Identity to do More and Better
start_date2018/11/26
schedule11h-12h
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location_infoAmphi Paul Collomp
summaryDr. Daphna Oyserman’s research examines how small changes in context can shift mindsets, and so the perceived meaning of behaviors and situations, with large downstream effects on important and consequential outcomes, including health and academic performance. Her theoretical and experimental work conceptualizes the underlying processes, which she then translates into real-world interventions. One line of work focuses on cultural differences in affect, behavior, and cognition – how people feel, act, and think about themselves and the world around them. A related second line of work focuses on racial, ethnic, and social class gaps in school achievement and health. Throughout, she examines how apparently “fixed” differences between groups may in fact mask highly malleable situated processes that can be profoundly influenced through small interventions that shift mindset.
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